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Sunday, March 30, 2008

The poll have shown that Malaysian prefers Yamaha RX-Z more than 125Z, but LC135 is now the second choice after RX-Z. The least bike preferred is FZ-150i, this may due to the design of the bike that is not compelling and futuristic enough like the rest.

The current design of Yamaha 125ZR since 2007. The design of the bike is nice, simple and macho enough. It was debut in 1999 with the first generation of 125Z and later followed up with 125ZR, which better and meaner.

At that time, there is no bike in the category that can compete with the bike. It was the era of Suzuki Best, Suzuki RG Sports, Yamaha SS, SS Two and Kawasaki K1, but none of the bike make a very deep impact like 125Z does. 125Z makes every other bike in the category seems like child plays. The technology offered by 125Z is far superior than what the people were thinking at that time and Yamaha was ahead in others in thinking of future of underbone bike.

I like this bike not because I want to rem pit, but I like what this bike has to offer.You see, this is the only bike in the category that have monoshock suspension, front and rear disc brake, 6-speed gear, futuristic design and affordable!

Also, this bike is really fast. In standard condition, it can go up to 160km/h, tune the exhaust a bit, it'll go up to 180km/h, tune it a little bit more, then you can't measure the speed anymore since the meter is maxed at 180km/h!I have heard that this bike can be tune to get 180 km/h just in the fourth gear.

Safety will become a thing to think here. Enjoy the speed only in the track. Not in public highway. Drive safely and be smart!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

(Use colour #3 Silver or #39 Sparkling Silver as base coat for CANDYTONE colours to obtain best performance and shine.)The colour here is just for guidelines only since the original colour might have been distorted due to different scanner colour rendering.

I would also like to thanks to SAMURAI paint for providing the colour card for this blogs. More info about how to paint motorcycles in future posts. Keep coming!

Friday, March 28, 2008

I spotted this on YouTube. The modification of this RX-Z really amazes me because it have rear disc brake, but not an ordinary disc brake, this one is installed on the left side of the bike where sprocket and drive chain is also installed!Wow, I was just thinking to change my RX-Z rear disc brake using 125Z brake, but then, it can be installed on the right side like original brake placement for 125Z.So, how can this be possible to install rear disc brake on the left side of the RX-Z?Tell me us how in the comments box.For the original content of the video, click here.

UPDATE: Rear disc brake modification for Honda EX5. Maybe you can use the idea from here and transferred it to your RX-Z project.

Yamaha was founded in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Company, Limited(日本楽器製造株式会社,Nippon Gakki Seizō Kabushiki Gaisha) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, and was incorporated on October 12, 1897. The company's origins as a musical instrument manufacturer is still reflected today in the group's logo — a trio of interlocking tuning forks.[3]

After World War II, company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles. The YA-1 (aka Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly"), of which 125 were built in the first year of production (1954), was named in honor of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder, two-stroke, streetbike patterned after the German DKWRT125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA, had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer). In 1955, the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of the Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

In July, 2007, Yamaha bought out the minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales arm, the company being renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in autumn 2007.[1] Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm was unaffected.[2]

On December 20, 2007, Yamaha made an agreement with the Austrian Bank BAWAG P.S.K. Group BAWAG to purchase all the shares of Bösendorfer[3], intended to take place in early 2008. Yamaha intends to continue manufacturing at the Bösendorfer facilities in Austria.[4]The acquisition of Bösendorfer was announced after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles, on 28 January2008. As of February 1, 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corp.[5]

Yamaha Corporation is also widely known for their music program that began in the 1980s.

Yamaha Motor Company Limited(ヤマハ発動機株式会社,Yamaha Hatsudōki Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 7272), a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai, Iwata, Shizuoka), is part of the Yamaha Corporation. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEOGenichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955. The company's intensive research into metal alloys for use in acoustic pianos had given Yamaha wide knowledge of the making of lightweight, yet sturdy and reliable metal constructions. This knowledge was easily applied to the making of metal frames and motor parts for motorcycles.Yamaha Motor is the world's second largest producer of motorcycles. It also produces many other motorized vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, outboard motors, and personal watercraft.

In 2000, Toyota and Yamaha Corporation made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

FZ-150i = YZF-R15. If you look carefully, you can see that both have same frame and same engine. And look closer, you'll even the sports rim is the same design.FZ-150i is what we get here in Malaysia, YZF-R15 is what Indians get in India and YZF-R125 is the 4-stroker the Brits got in UK.See how they are matched up against each other with a lot of pictures after the jump.

The images below is YZF-R15 that is the same model as FZ-150i distributed in India.

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